EP1591843A2 - Bilderzeugungsvorrichtung - Google Patents

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EP1591843A2
EP1591843A2 EP05009215A EP05009215A EP1591843A2 EP 1591843 A2 EP1591843 A2 EP 1591843A2 EP 05009215 A EP05009215 A EP 05009215A EP 05009215 A EP05009215 A EP 05009215A EP 1591843 A2 EP1591843 A2 EP 1591843A2
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Nobuto Kamiyama
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/20—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G15/00—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern
    • G03G15/20—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat
    • G03G15/2003—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat using heat
    • G03G15/2014—Apparatus for electrographic processes using a charge pattern for fixing, e.g. by using heat using heat using contact heat
    • G03G15/2017—Structural details of the fixing unit in general, e.g. cooling means, heat shielding means
    • G03G15/2021—Plurality of separate fixing and/or cooling areas or units, two step fixing
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G21/00—Arrangements not provided for by groups G03G13/00 - G03G19/00, e.g. cleaning, elimination of residual charge
    • G03G21/20—Humidity or temperature control also ozone evacuation; Internal apparatus environment control
    • G03G21/206—Conducting air through the machine, e.g. for cooling, filtering, removing gases like ozone
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2215/00—Apparatus for electrophotographic processes
    • G03G2215/20—Details of the fixing device or porcess
    • G03G2215/2003—Structural features of the fixing device
    • G03G2215/2006—Plurality of separate fixing areas
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03G—ELECTROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY; MAGNETOGRAPHY
    • G03G2221/00—Processes not provided for by group G03G2215/00, e.g. cleaning or residual charge elimination
    • G03G2221/16—Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements and complete machine concepts
    • G03G2221/1645—Mechanical means for facilitating the maintenance of the apparatus, e.g. modular arrangements and complete machine concepts for conducting air through the machine, e.g. cooling

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  • the present invention relates to an image forming apparatus employing an electrophotographic process, and more particularly to an image forming apparatus such as a copying machine, a printer, a facsimile and the like.
  • a temperature of the recording material immediately before entering the second fixing device between a recording material in an early stage of the image forming job and a recording material in a latter stage.
  • the recording material heated in the first fixing device enters the second fixing device in a state somewhat cooled by a conveying roller, a conveying guide plate and the like for conveying the recording material from the first fixing device to the second fixing device, but, in a latter stage of the image forming job, the recording material heated in the first fixing device enters the second fixing device without such cooling because the conveying roller, the conveying guide plate and the like are in an already heated state. Therefore, the temperature difference immediately prior to the entry into the second fixing device becomes 50°C or more between the recording material in the early stage of the image forming job and that in the latter stage.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus capable of suppressing a change in the gloss of the image.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus capable of preventing a change in the gloss of the image.
  • an image forming apparatus including:
  • an image forming apparatus including:
  • an image forming apparatus including:
  • an image forming apparatus including:
  • an image forming apparatus including:
  • an image forming apparatus including:
  • Fig. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a fixing apparatus of the present invention, adapted for use in an image forming apparatus such as a copying apparatus or a printer.
  • Such image forming apparatus is provided with an image forming portion for forming a toner image on a sheet material 100 such as paper of an OHP sheet as the recording material, and a fixing apparatus for heat fixing the toner image on the sheet material.
  • the image forming portion as image forming means has such a configuration of forming a desired electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive member as a image bearing member, developing such electrostatic latent image on the photosensitive member with a toner in a developing apparatus, then conveying a sheet material in a cassette by a conveying roller or the like so as to be synchronized with the toner image on the photosensitive member and transferring such toner image onto the sheet material by a transfer apparatus.
  • a fixing apparatus as image heating apparatus is provided, as shown in Fig. 1, with a first fixing device 10 as first image heating means, and a second fixing device 20 as second image heating means.
  • the sheet material bearing the toner image formed in the image forming portion is conveyed to the first fixing device 10, and the sheet material subjected to a heating process (fixed) in the first fixing device 10 is conveyed to a sheet discharge portion provided in the first fixing device 10 and constituted of plate-shaped sheet discharge guides 34, 38 (guide members), sheet discharge rollers 43, 53 and plate-shaped sheet discharge guides 33, 37 (guide members) serving as conveying means.
  • the sheet discharge rollers 43, 53 have a nip wider than a maximum width of the sheet material as shown in Fig. 2.
  • the sheet material discharged from the first fixing device passes a sheet discharge portion, and conveyed to a sheet material conveying path 25 constituting conveying means provided in a downstream side in the conveying direction of the sheet material and formed by plate-shaped conveying guides 32, 36 (guide members), conveying rollers 42, 52, 41, 51 and plate-shaped conveying guides 31, 35 (guide members).
  • paired conveying rollers (42 and 52, 41 and 51) have a nip width wider than the maximum width of the sheet material, as shown in Fig. 2.
  • a duct 30 as cooling means for cooling the sheet material heated in the first fixing device (control means which controls the temperature of the sheet material within a predetermined temperature range.
  • the duct 30 is so constructed, as shown in Fig. 3, as to blow air from a fan 300 to the conveying roller substantially uniformly over the longitudinal direction thereof.
  • the air is blown from the duct 30 toward the sheet discharge guide 37.
  • the sheet discharge guides 33, 34, 37, 38 are provided with through holes (hereinafter represented as slits) in order that the air directly contacts the passed sheet material.
  • slits through holes
  • the through holes need not necessarily formed as slits but may be constituted of a plurality of simple holes. Also in case the through holes are formed as slits, they may be formed in any direction as long as the sheet material can be cooled, but they are preferably formed in a direction inclined with respect to the conveying direction of the sheet material, in consideration of the stability of conveying, namely in order that the sheet material is not hooked by the slits in the conveying.
  • the fan of the duct 30 is not activated until a 30th sheet passing through the first fixing device but is activated from a 31st sheet and is maintained active until the end of the image forming job.
  • Fig. 6 shows a change of the temperature of the sheet from the start of a continuous image forming job to the end thereof, in a prior configuration in which, different from the above-described configuration, the sheet material discharged from the first fixing device is not cooled.
  • F1 indicates a timing immediately after discharging from the first fixing device
  • F2 indicates a timing immediately before entry into the second fixing device.
  • the sheet material 100 is discharged in a state of about 90°C from the first fixing device, then passes the conveying path 25 and is conveyed to the second fixing device 20.
  • a temperature of the sheet material conveying mechanism provided in the conveying path 25 is approximately room temperature immediately after the start of a continuous image forming job, and the sheet material heated in the first fixing device is subjected to a heat dissipation to the sheet material conveying mechanism (sheet discharge guides, sheet discharge rollers, conveying rollers and conveying guides) and conveyed, in a state cooled from about 90°C to about 40°C, to the second fixing device 20.
  • the sheet material conveying mechanism (sheet discharge guides, sheet discharge rollers, conveying rollers and conveying guides) is heated and reaches a state incapable of taking away a large amount of heat from the sheet material heated in the first fixing device.
  • the sheet material discharged at 90°C is only cooled to about 80°C and is conveyed to the second fixing device 20.
  • a temperature difference ⁇ t1 of the sheet material entering the second fixing device becomes as large as 40°C between the initial stage and the latter stage of the continuous image forming job, thus resulting in a large change in the gloss of the toner image fixed on the sheet material. More specifically, the gloss change ⁇ G1 of the toner image becomes as large as about 8.
  • the gloss change of the toner image becomes as large as 5 - 10, whereby the gloss of the image varies significantly between the initial stage and the latter stage even within a single continuous image forming job, thus causing a problem in the image quality.
  • Fig. 7 shows a change of the temperature of the sheet material from the start of a continuous image forming job to the end thereof, in case the sheet material is subjected to a cooling (temperature control) in the configuration of the present invention.
  • F1 indicates a timing immediately after discharging from the first fixing device
  • F2 indicates a timing immediately prior to entry into the second fixing device.
  • a temperature of the sheet material conveying mechanism provided in the conveying path 25 is approximately room temperature immediately after the start of a continuous image forming job, and the sheet material heated in the first fixing device is subjected to a heat dissipation to the sheet material conveying mechanism (sheet discharge guides, sheet discharge rollers, conveying rollers and conveying guides) and conveyed, in a state cooled from about 90°C to about 40°C, to the second fixing device 20.
  • the sheet material reaches a temperature of about 60°C.
  • the fan 300 is activated to start the aforementioned cooling step for the sheet material conveying mechanism, thereby executing a cooling step for the sheet material.
  • the temperature of each recording material at a timing F2 within the continuous image forming job is controlled within a predetermined temperature range.
  • the temperature difference ⁇ t2 of the sheet material entering the second fixing device becomes about 20°C between the initial stage and the latter stage of the continuous image forming job, thus suppressing the gloss change ⁇ G2 of the toner image to about 3 between the initial stage and the latter stage of the continuous image forming job. It is thus possible to maintain the gloss of the toner image on each sheet material within the single continuous image forming job within a desired range, thereby suppressing a loss in the image quality. According to an investigation by the present inventors, it is identified that an image quality standard can be satisfied in case ⁇ t2 is 30°C or less.
  • Fig. 8 shows changes in temperature and gloss of the sheet material from the start of a continuous image forming job to the end thereof.
  • the cooling/temperature control of the sheet material is preferably started at an earlier stage, for example after passing 20 sheets in a continuous image forming job, in consideration of the heat capacity of the sheet material.
  • the timing of starting the cooling/temperature control of the sheet material is preferably delayed, based on the heat capacity of the sheet material.
  • the change in the image gloss is suppressed by starting the cooling of the sheet discharge guide or the sheet material from an interim timing of the continuous image forming job, but there can also be adopted a following configuration.
  • the temperature and the gloss change of the sheet material in the present embodiment are mere embodiments and may vary according to a temperature control condition of the fixing device, an ambient temperature and an ambient humidity.
  • air is employed as means which cools (or heats) the sheet material, but other cooling (or heating) means may be employed as long as the sheet material can be cooled (or heated).
  • the sheet material conveying mechanism is cooled to indirectly cool the sheet material.
  • plural fans 80 are provided below the conveying path 25 and along a direction of width of the sheet material.
  • a cooling flow (air) from the fans 80 is blown, through the duct 30, toward the sheet discharge guide 37 from below the conveying path 25 as shown in Fig. 10.
  • the air is blown to the sheet material as well as the sheet discharge guide, thereby suppressing (controlling) the temperature at the entry into the second fixing device.
  • the sheet discharge guide 37 is cooled by the fans to suppress a temperature rise thereof (namely controlling the temperature thereof).
  • Such configuration allows to maintain a constant heat amount taken away by the sheet discharge guide from the sheet material discharged at about 90°C from the first fixing device, thereby reducing the temperature difference in the sheet materials conveyed to the second fixing device 20.
  • Fig. 11 shows a temperature change in the sheet discharge guide 37.
  • the temperature of the sheet discharge guide during the job can be maintained by the cooling means for the sheet material within a predetermined temperature range, thereby providing a similar effect as in the first embodiment.
  • a fan 300 and a duct 30 similar to those in the first embodiment, and, as shown in Fig. 12, the duct 30 is provided above the conveying path 25.
  • conveying guide 32 in the conveying path 25 is provided with slits similar to those in the first embodiment.
  • the air from the fan 300 is blown through the duct 30, from above the conveying path 25, to the toner image bearing surface of the sheet material, thereby directly cooling the sheet material.
  • Such configuration for directly cooling the toner image bearing surface of the sheet material allows to prevent a sticking of the toner of the sheet material, conveyed to the conveying path 25, to the conveying guide and also to obtain effects similar to those in the first embodiment.
  • the sheet material is cooled with a water-cooling mechanism.
  • a water-cooling mechanism as cooling means is provided under the conveying guide 36 of the conveying path 25, as shown in Fig. 13.
  • the water-cooling mechanism is constituted of a pipe 70 constituting a water path in the duct 30 and a circulation pump P for circulating cooling water in the pipe 70, and the cooling water is circulated to obtain a cooling effect in continuous manner.
  • the duct 30 is positioned very close to the conveying guide 36. It is naturally possible also to blow the cooled air in the duct 30 toward the conveying guide 36 with a fan as in the first embodiment.
  • the circulation pump P is controlled by a control apparatus, and is turned on in a cooling state (after passing 30 sheets in a continuous job), and is turned off in a non-cooling state (before passing 30 sheets in a continuous job).
  • Fig. 14 is a detailed view of the water-circulating apparatus, in which a water circulating path and a circulating direction are indicated by arrows. Such configuration also allows to obtain effects similar to those in the first embodiment.
  • a conveying roller 42 positioned between the first fixing device 10 and the second fixing device 20 is cooled.
  • the conveying roller 42 is formed by a hollow metal roller.
  • Air from the fan is blown through the duct 30 toward the conveying roller 42 from below, thereby suppressing a temperature rise (controlling temperature) in the sheet material.
  • a temperature rise controlling temperature
  • the first to fifth embodiments adopt a configuration of blowing air to the sheet discharge guides, the sheet material and the conveying roller, but there may also be adopted a configuration of cooling a plurality of the members constituting the sheet material conveying mechanism (sheet discharge rollers, conveying rollers and conveying guides) in the conveying path 25, or all the members constituting the sheet material conveying mechanism (sheet discharge guide , sheet discharge rollers, conveying rollers and conveying guides).
  • start of cooling (stopping of warm air) for the sheet material in the continuous image forming job is executed at a predetermined timing in the continuous image forming job, but such configuration is not restricted.
  • a temperature detecting element for detecting the temperature of the sheet material conveying mechanism, to monitor the temperature of the sheet material conveying mechanism in the course of a job and to start the cooling of the sheet material when the detected temperature is elevated to a predetermined temperature.
  • the cooling means may repeat an operated state and a non-operated state by a control apparatus so as to maintain the temperature of the sheet material conveying mechanism within a narrower temperature range in the course of a job.
  • a temperature of a sheet material after passing a first fixing device and before entering a second fixing device changes between the start and the end of an image forming job, thus resulting in a change in the gloss of the toner image.
  • a cooling apparatus for directly or indirectly cooling the sheet material is provided in a conveying path 25 between the first fixing device 10 and the second fixing device 20 thereby suppressing a change in the image gloss between the start and the end of the image forming job.

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